Another rail-touring incident..

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Another rail-touring incident..

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Derailment at York today involving the support coach being hauled by Union of South Africa.

Luckily, this one didn't burst into flames. Still though, can't be putting rail-touring companies in a good light right now.

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See, the problem here is "support coach" is an instruction, not a description. ;)
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The text on the carriage is inaccurate also. It certainly isn't "evenly distributed" :lol:
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I can see poor track maintenance again.
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This all happened about 10m behind me yesterday (thursday). Weird really as trains of all varieties (HST, 91+Mk 4s, TPE 185s, Voyagers, 66s on heavy freight, even a s*** 150/2) had used platform 10 all morning at varying speeds with no bother at all, and when Union of South Africa passed through it was at a very low speed.

It was obviously rerailed successfully as it trickled through platform 11 at York (directly behing my desk) this morning with no bother whatsoever.
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Re: Another rail-touring incident..

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But why/how could this even happen? Is another Hatfield just around the corner?
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